Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops teenager got his moment in the spotlight Monday night (Mar. 22) on American Idol. WATCH: (Video Credit: YouTube / American Idol) Cameron Whitcomb, 18 and a pipeliner, auditioned ...

KAMLOOPS - The local RCMP detachment reports 32 thefts from motor vehicles and six bicycle thefts from Feb. 28 to March 6.Take a look at the following maps to see if your neighbourhood was hit: Week 1...

LILLOOET, B.C. -A 35-year-old man from Lillooet has been charged with murder following a homicide investigation. BC Prosecution Service charged Justin Ehlert with murder on Saturday (March 19). He's b...

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Ashcroft RCMP say they responded to a fire at an auto wrecking yard in the 16 Mile area north of Cache Creek Sunday (March 20) evening.While the main residence on the property wasn...

UPDATE (7 a.m.): BC Hydro estimates that power will be fully restored at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The electric utility's outage map says fewer than five customers are now affected by the outage caused by an eq...

KAMLOOPS - Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, Division 821 stand on picket lines outside of the CP Rail Yard in Kamloops. According to the union, workers were locked out after negotiatio...

KAMLOOPS - Seventeen high school students are spending their spring break stepping into the shoes of an RCMP officer."It's all like, boom-boom-boom, you've got your fitness, your shower, and then you'...

VICTORIA - The province is reporting another decrease in COVID-19 hospitalization over the weekend.In its Monday (Mar. 21) surveillance report, the Ministry of Health says there are 271 people in B.C....

TK'EMLUPS - Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc has a new title to add: tribal chief of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.Casimir was the only candidate to let their name stand for th...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops lawyer has been arrested in connection to a suspicious death last week.RCMP say they were called to the 1600-block of Monterey Place Thursday evening (Mar. 17), finding a person ...